Wales: ancient DNA

Y-DNA

samples

mtDNA

samples

People whose remains archaeologists found and whose DNA labs have read. The date is the middle of the dating interval, radiocarbon or by archaeological context. Branches link to branch pages where one exists. All archaeological cultures

Y-DNA

By period #

11,000–10,000 BCE

1 · 11.1%

8,000–7,000 BCE

1 · 11.1%

4,000–3,000 BCE

2 · 22.2%

3,000–2,000 BCE

1 · 11.1%

2,000–1,000 BCE

2 · 22.2%

1,000–0 BCE

2 · 22.2%

Y-DNA

Branches #

2 · 22.2%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

1 · 11.1%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

mtDNA

By period #

2,000–1,000 BCE

2 · 40.0%

1,000–0 BCE

2 · 40.0%

mtDNA

Branches #

1 · 20.0%

1 · 20.0%

1 · 20.0%

1 · 20.0%

1 · 20.0%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Date	Branch	Study
Kendrick Man Kendricks_Cave	Hunter-Gatherer	Kendrick's Cave, Great Orme, Llandudno	10,040 BCE	I-CTS11030	Charlton et al. 2022
Ogof-yr-Ychen 1 I6754	Hunter-Gatherer	Ogof-yr-Ychen (Cave of the Oxen), Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire	7,430 BCE	I-P222 ?	Brace et al. 2019
Tinkinswood 1 I5359	Neolithic British Isles	Tinkinswood, Cardiff	3,650 BCE	I-L1195	Brace et al. 2019; Olalde et al. 2018
Little Lodge I3023	Neolithic British Isles	Little Lodge, Powys	3,350 BCE	I-P37 ?	Brace et al. 2019
Orchid Cave 16479 I16491	Neolithic British Isles	Orchid Cave, Denbighshire	2,736 BCE	I-L1195 ?	Patterson et al. 2022
St. Fagan 16405 I5440	Bronze Age British Isles	St. Fagan's, Glamorgan	1,433 BCE	R-L151 ?	Patterson et al. 2022
Culver Hole 16488 I16488	Bronze Age British Isles	Culver Hole Cave, West Glamorgan	1,100 BCE	R-L21 ?	Patterson et al. 2022
St. Athan 16491 I16405	Iron Age British	St. Athan, Glamorgan	300 BCE	R-DF13 ?	Patterson et al. 2022
Dinorben 16475 I16475	Iron Age British	Dinorben, Clwyd	276 BCE	R-P312 ?	Patterson et al. 2022

Maternal lines of the ancients #

Source: YFull; no culture given.

Maternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Site	Date	Branch
102232	Wales; Cymru	1,400 BCE	H1bc
102166	Wales; Cymru	1,322 BCE	U5a1a2b
102238	Wales; Cymru	276 BCE	T2b50
102184	Vale of Glamorgan, The; Bro Morgannwg	84 BCE	U4b1a2-a
85222		—	H2a2b4